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Sir George W. Buckley, Ph.D. has been a Partner and Chairman of Arle Capital Partners Limited since June 1, 2012. Sir Buckley has been the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of 3M Precision Optics, Inc. since December 7, 2005. He has been the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of 3M Canada Company since December 7, 2005. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of 3M Company from December 7, 2005 to February 24, 2012. Sir Buckley ... served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Brunswick Corporation from 1997 to December 2005. He served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Brunswick from April 2000 to June 2000 and as an Executive Vice President from February 2000 to May 2000. Until 2012, he served at Dow 30 component as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Sir Buckley served as the President of Mercury Marine Group from 1997 to 2000. He served as Senior Vice President of Brunswick from 1998 to 2000. He served as Vice President of Brunswick from 1997 to 1998. He joined Brunswick in 1997. Sir Buckley served as the President of the United States Electric Motors Division and the Automotive and Precision Motors Division of Emerson Electric Co. in St. Louis. From 1993 to 1997, he served as the Chief Technology Officer for the Motors, Drives, and Appliance Component of Emerson Electric Company. He served as Managing Director (President) of the Central Services Division of the British Railways Board. He has 40 years of experience. Sir Buckley has been the Chairman and Director of Expro International Group Holdings Limited (formerly Expro International Group Ltd.) since June 1, 2012. Sir Buckley serves as the Chairman of Ownership Capital. He has been the Non-Executive Chairman and Non-Executive Director of Smiths Group plc since November 19, 2013 and August 01, 2013 respectively and served as its Deputy Chairman since August 01, 2013. From December 7, 2005 to May 8, 2012, he served as the Chairman of 3M Company. He has been Non-Executive Director of Technogym SpA since June 2012 and of Arle Capital Partners Limited since June 1, 2012. He serves as a Director of Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd. Sir Buckley has been a Director of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. since March 12, 2010 and 3M Canada Company since December 2005. He has been an Independent Director of Pepsico, Inc. since September 19, 2012. He serves as a Member of the Americas Advisory Board of Deutsche Bank AG. He serves on the Advisory Board of Rothschild North America. He serves as a Director of US-China Business Council, Inc., and has been an Outside Director of Hitachi Ltd. since June 2012. He served as Lead Director of Ingersoll-Rand Plc from June 1, 2005 to June 7, 2006. He served as a Director of Brunswick Corporation from 1997 to December 2005. He served as a Director Tyco International Ltd. from December 2002 to December 7, 2005 and Archer-Daniels-Midland Company from February 5, 2008 to August 1, 2013. He served as a Director of 3M Company from December 7, 2005 to June 1, 2012. Previously, he served as a Director of The Black & Decker Corporation from 2006 to March 12, 2010. He served as a Director of Thule Group AB since 2004. He served as a Director of Ingersoll-Rand Company and Ingersoll-Rand Plc from 2002 to June 7, 2006. Sir Buckley served as a Director of Polaris Industries Inc. He serves as a Member of Board of Trustees of University of St. Thomas. He was knighted in 2011 for his services to industry. He has approximately 20 patents. He is engineer by training. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southampton and University of Huddersfield. He holds four honorary Doctorates. Sir Buckley has a B.S. Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, both from the University of Huddersfield.

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